Recording-counter.



A. P. PHILLIPS.- REGORDING GOUNTER. APPLICATION rum NOV. 9, 190a.

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RECORDING COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1908.

926,763. Patented July 6, 1-909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ARTHUR PAGE PHILLIPs'OF HAVERHI'LL, MASSACHUSETTS, AsSIGNOa T-O cROsBY STEAM GAGE AND VALVE COMPANY, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 'A CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

nnconnme-coumnm Specification of Letters Patent. s mmon mes November 9, 199a. SerialNo. 461,687.

Patented July 6, 1909.

To all whom it may mace-m Be" it known that I, ARTHUR PAGE: P111111 LIPS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Havel-hill, in the county of Essex and 5 State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Recording-Counters, of which the following is a com rising few and simple parts adapted to pro uce upon a chart aseries of circles con.- centric therewitln whereby most accurate records are obtained.

It is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which 1 Figure 1 1s a plan view of the counter.-

Fig. 2 is 'a'plan view of the counter with the chart and disk and pencil arm removed. Fig 3 is a section on the line 33 Fig. 2. Fi' 4 and 5 are detailed views.

I imilar characters refer to similarparts throughout the several drawings 35 The mechanism is mounted 011 secured to the case 2. The reciprocating rod 3 extends through the case and frame and is furnished near its inner end with the -shou-l-' der 4 which engages said frame limits the outward travel of said rod. The reciproeating rod at its inner endenga 'esth'e' arm 5 'rotatably mounted on the start (3 and con-v trolled by the s ring 7 secured'thereto and to the plate. I 45 to said arm 6 and engages the ratchet wheel 9 rotatably mounted on the stud 10 and engaged by the retaining pawls" 11 and 11". he hub of the ratchet wheel comprises a pinion 12 which en -ages the gear 13 rota- 50 tably mounted on t e stud 14; whereonis also rotatably. mounted the spool-shaped sleeve 15 which rests upon said ar 13 and is driven frictionally thereby. he bar 16 is secured to the studs '17, 17 in the frame and 55 has a "central aperture which engages a mounted on said shaft.

the am 1 e driving pawl 8 is secured groove in said sleeve 15 and forms a bearing therefor. The annulus 18 encircles the stud 14 and is secured to the outer face of the sleeve lfiby the 19 so as to rotate there with.

vThe sleeve 1' 5 carries the stud 20 adapted to engage and actuate, once during each complete rotation of the gear 13, the arm 21 rotatably mounted on the frame and having a iorkedyouter end 22 which straddles the stud 23 mounted on the stud 17 and engages the controlling spring 24 disposed on said stud- 23. On this arm 21 is rotatably mounted the driving pawl 25 controlled by the spring 26 mounted on said arm and furnished with the stud 27; said driving pawl is normally in engagement with the sector 28 carrying on its outer end a shaft 29 ,ournaled in the frame and controlled'by the spring 30 This sector is engaged by the retaining pawl 31 mounted upon the lever 32 fulcrumed at its inner end ,on the stud 1-4 and carrying on its outer end a stud 33 adapted to engage the holes 34 and 34 in the case. On the sector shaft 29 is mounted the pencil arm 35 carrying the pen- 'nished at its inner end with the arm 38 adapted to engage and operate the arm 5, and'at its outerend with the handle 39.

The chart td encircles the stud '14 between.

thesleeve 15 and theannulus 18, beingpse cured in place by the pin 19. The thumb nut 40 being screwed tightly upon'the stud 14, holds the sleeve 15 firmly agalnst the gear 13 so that said gear, said sleeve, said annulus and said chart all rotate together, said sleeve being driven frictionally'by said gear. The

chart is graduated, as shown, or as may-be desired, and rotates in the direction indicated by the'arrow 41. Upon the chart at any desired intervals are radial arcs;- 42 v marked 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 to indicate the number ofrotations of the chart.

The Operation of the machine is as follows: The arts are normally in the position shown in Flgs. 1 and 2 (except that the pencil normally. points tov zero on the chart), and the revolutions, reciprocations or other movements are to be recorded. At each reciprocation of the rod 3 the driving pawl 8 drives the ratchet wheel 9 one tooth and and mounted therein a reciprocating rod;

through the intermediate pinion and gear rotates the sleeve 15 and chart carried bysaid sleeve a distance equal to one onethousandth of its circumference, so that each rotation of the chart records one thousand reciprocations of the rod. The pencil 36 describes almost a complete circle upon the chart moving beneath it; but when the circle is nearly completed the stud 20has been carried around into engagement with the arm 21 (Fig.7 4) which it forces outwardly until said studdropsinto its original position (shown in Fig; 2), releasing said arm and permitting it to return to its normal position driven by its controlling spring 24 and cansing the driving pawl 25 mounted on said arm to drive the sector 28 inwardly one tooth, thereby carrying the pencil inwardly a certaindistanoe preparatory to its describing another circle upon the chart as it continues to rotate beneath it. The numbers 10, 210, 30, 40 and upon the radial are 42 indicate the number of complete rotations of the chart or the number of thousands of reciprocations oi the rod. To find the total number of reciprocations, the lever 32 is moved to the left thereby disengaging the driving pawl 25 and retaining pawl 31 from the sector 28, whereupon the sector is returned to its normal position by the controlling spring 30 carrying with it the pencil, and making a record, as shown in Fig. 1, of twenty-six thousand and some ninety odd reciprocations, the exact reading being concealed in the drawing by the encil. To reset-the machine, that is to ring the zero point on the chart under the pencil, the operator moves the lever 32 to the left thereby releasing the sector 28 from the pawls 25 and 31 and permitting the spring controlled tion shown in Fig; 2; he then rotates the sector 28 to return automatically to its posi chart support (sleeve 15) to the left until the stud 20 is in the osition shown in Rig. 2; he

" then moves said ever 32 to the right causing the pawls 25 and 31 to. again engage the sector 28. I f. I v

The pen-arm 35 with its en 36, which, as shown in the drawings, is ed to the shaft 29 of the sector 28, maybe of any desired description, or any other recordin means may .be employed; and when I use t e terms pen and pen-arm in the claims I mean thereby to cover any recording means actuated by mechanism including a centrally disposed rotary gear actuated by said reciprocatmg rod; a rotary chart support mounted on said rotary gear and actuated thereby; a spring controlled lever carrying a spring controlled pawl and actuated by said 0 art support; a spring controlled toothed sector actuated by said pawl; a second lever under the control of theoperator and adapted tothrow said pawl into and out of engagement with said sector and a pen and pen-arm carried by said sector; substantially as described.

2. A recording counter comprising a case and mounted therein a reciprocating rod; a rotary chart support rotated through intermediate mechanlsrn by said reciprocating rod; a spring controlled tooth sectoractuated through intermediate mechanism by said chart support; said intermediate mechanism and apen and pen-arm carried by said sector; substantially as described.

3. A recording counter comprising a case and mounted therein 'a reciprocating rod; a rotary chart support rotated through intermediate mechanism b said. reciprocating rod; a spring controlle toothed sector actuated through intermediate mechanism by said chart support; said intermediate mechanism; a pen and en-arm carried by said sector; together wit means for resetting the machine; substantially as described.

4. A recording counter comprising a case and mounted therein a reciprocating rod; a rotary chart support rotated by said reciprocatlng rod; a spring controlled sector actuated by said chart support and a pen andv pen-arm carried by said sector; substantially as described.

5. A recording counter comprising a case and mounted therein areciprocating rod; a rotary chart support rotated by said reciprocating rod; 8. spring controlled sector actuated by said chart support; a pen and penarm carried by'said sector; togethenwith means forresetting the machine; substantially as described.-

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR PAGE PHILLIPS.

, Witnesses: I

' RALPH W. Fosr n,

HELEN M. DEARBORN. 

